The ancient villages deep in the mountains of Yunnan are rich in tea, but now they are just crumbling and forgotten.

I am fascinated by ancient villages and houses. Naturally, it depends on how I can easily give up such a good opportunity. It is easier to see the true relics of the past and the corresponding folk customs in the depths of such mountains.

When I walked into the village, I saw old houses and "red adobe houses". It turns out that this area is full of sticky red soil, so these adobe houses still exist stubbornly despite a hundred years, and the slogans on the walls were written later, which has a strong background of the times.

The first thing I saw at the entrance to the village was the ancestral hall "Li Ancestral Hall". The door is locked, but the plaque on it is old. On the one hand, it is said that it was Xuan Tong's Defence Year (19 10), on the other hand, it is said that it was done by "four grandchildren".

My eldest brother from the countryside has been here and said that the buildings inside are not bad, especially there are some old photos. Unfortunately, the person with the key is not here, so I can't get in.

We turned to a family across the street. An old woman just came back from the field and untied her shoelaces. We went into the house to have a look. She said that the house used to belong to the landlord, but later it was distributed to the poor, and now it is about to collapse.

We walked into the village, and the road was not bad, criss-crossing with stone roads. The village was built on a hillside, and the buildings were not very regular, forming one small courtyard after another.

Going down, although the road is good, many houses have written "uninhabited" at the door.

Not only is it uninhabited, but the houses are in rags. Because this area is all old houses, almost no one lives there.

Although no one lives in it, judging from the structure and construction methods of the houses, these houses were carefully built in those years and can be called luxury houses, but they were not well protected and seriously damaged.

There are several quadrangles in this area, which are basically the same. They are all agents who build on behalf of others at the same time, and the scale and form are similar. This makes me very interested in their owners. What will they do when they are built together at the same time?

Finally, I saw a man coming out of the yard. We used to ask him if he still lived here. He said it was a dangerous building, and no one lived there a long time ago. He comes back to feed the chickens and usually lives in the county.

He told me that these old houses were built by former landlords, and this one was built by three brothers, and later it was distributed to the poor, and some of them lived in several yards.

He told me that the old house here is a protection project, and it is not allowed for individual demolition and reconstruction, so it needs the unified protection and development of the government. But what I see is that there is nothing to do except road construction. Maybe there is something wrong with the funds, and the old house is naturally crumbling.

Going up, I finally saw someone living again, an old couple in their seventies. Among them, grandpa told us some history of the village with great interest. Although we can't understand some dialects, we still know some.

He said that most people in the village are surnamed Li, and some people are surnamed He, on the other side of the village.

These old houses were mainly built by the three brothers Li more than 100 years ago. These three brothers are particularly United and harmonious. They first sold tea in Pu 'er, and then introduced tea planting to Zhang Er Village. The three of them opened buying and selling shops in Pu 'er, Yuxi and Yuanjiang respectively, forming a one-stop process of tea production and sales, and the business was very big.

After the three brothers became rich, they also promoted tea planting in this area of Pig Street. Now the tea in Pig Street is also very famous, which is the main source of local economy.

I asked him what he had to do with his three brothers' families. He said that although he was surnamed Li, he was not a direct relative. He was embarrassed to say that his father was rich in his early years, and then he went bankrupt. Their house is not particularly good, but it is also an old house left by his ancestors. He lives here with his wife.

The old man said that they have lived here all their lives and have feelings for the old house. They are unwilling to leave. He pointed to a crape myrtle at home and said, "It's beautiful when it blooms. Some people have to spend 3,000 yuan to buy it, but they have not sold it. "

The old man told me that there used to be a wall in the village, which was very defensive. There are also scholars in the village who are officials outside and even become big officials in the Kuomintang army. It was a famous place in the early years, and now the village entrance is still there!

When we walked into the village, the people we saw told me that the houses in Hejia Courtyard were also good, especially their windows, which were very exquisite.

But we don't see anyone here, and we don't know which one, but there are still some differences between the architectural form and the Li family house, and the age seems to be later.

Zhang Er Village, a small village hidden deep in the mountains, hides a large area of ancient houses and a little-known history. I am a passer-by in a hurry, so I can't know more, but I hope these humanistic themes can be known by more people.

Yunnan has not only scenery and folk customs, but also profound historical and cultural heritage, which may be a surprise and unexpected gain of our trip.

Walking on the road, walking in my heart, my trip, I like to dig and experience with depth and temperature.